Lesser known races 2026 edition

[Dazed and Confused]

Leitao is last man standing from the break with only 20s. 35kms to go.

 

[Samamba]

Gautherat wins. Good for him, I feel like he has not made the steps people were expeting from him the last 2 years.

2nd French race in a row Cofidis did not manage to finish off their numeric advantage. They get 5th and 6th... (and 8th with Coquard in the peloton)
Podium for the very young conti guy, Vezie. He has secured his pro contract with one of the other French teams probably.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

It appears to be the first edition since 1980 where no foreign riders have finished in the top 10.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

PCS teams list for the GP Miguel Indurain:

Teams​

UAE Team Emirates - XRG (Arrieta)
Bahrain - Victorious (Omrzel)
NSN Cycling Team
Movistar Team (Tesfatsion, Romeo)
Lotto Intermarché (Widar)
Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe
Team Picnic PostNL (Martinez, Knox)
Lidl - Trek
EF Education - EasyPost (Healy)
XDS Astana Team
Caja Rural - Seguros RGA (Molenaar, Barceló)
Burgos Burpellet BH
Euskaltel - Euskadi (Mintegi)
Equipo Kern Pharma (Cobo, Berrade)
Cofidis (Izagirre, Aranburu)
Tudor Pro Cycling Team
TotalEnergies
Anicolor / Campicarn
Efapel Cycling
Movistar Team Academy (Villate, Pareta)


Surely Movistar and Movistar Academy are not allowed in the same race?

 

[GenericBoonenFan]

PCS teams list for the GP Miguel Indurain:

Teams​

UAE Team Emirates - XRG (Arrieta)
Bahrain - Victorious (Omrzel)
NSN Cycling Team
Movistar Team (Tesfatsion, Romeo)
Lotto Intermarché (Widar)
Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe
Team Picnic PostNL (Martinez, Knox)
Lidl - Trek
EF Education - EasyPost (Healy)
XDS Astana Team
Caja Rural - Seguros RGA (Molenaar, Barceló)
Burgos Burpellet BH
Euskaltel - Euskadi (Mintegi)
Equipo Kern Pharma (Cobo, Berrade)
Cofidis (Izagirre, Aranburu)
Tudor Pro Cycling Team
TotalEnergies
Anicolor / Campicarn
Efapel Cycling
Movistar Team Academy (Villate, Pareta)


Surely Movistar and Movistar Academy are not allowed in the same race?

Yep, that's not allowed, so either Movistar riding with some guys on the dev team and PCS automatically added both teams to the list.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

I wasn't sure a development team had ever actually raced a .Pro event in its home country, because it would require that the parent team rejected its invitation which the organisers probably wouldn't like, and the devo team also wouldn't be able to borrow any pro riders since that isn't allowed above class 1. However, it did happen with Quick-Step in Circuit Franco-Belge last year.

 

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French TV has meanwhile found a couple of seconds from the victory of 🐐 le Gauthe in Paris-Camembert the other day

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Not even having highlights is really next level

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Tomorrow: 30th Classic Velox Adélie de Vitré (1.1), which can best be described as a glorified crit race.

Startlist: https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/route-adelie-de-vitre/2026/startlist

This usually ends in a small group sprint, so the repetitive hills seems selective enough.

Streams will be available from about 2pm local.

 

[Rob5091]

Grand Prix Alanya today (Friday April 3) 118 km from Alanya to Güzelbag

startlist at https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/alanya-cup/2026/startlist
Girmay's younger brother's taking part and a guy who's more then twice his age, Prades.

 

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Alanya was stopped due to snow with 25k to go. Konya has some videos on their Instagram stories

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[Dazed and Confused]

In France we have a group of 4 with 2mins and 100kms to go. Live in 30 mins or so.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Alanya was stopped due to snow with 25k to go.

After the descent from the highest point of the race seems odd, but in the absence of evidence to the contrary, one can only assume that they had sound reason.

 

[RedheadDane]

The weather in France is... well... it's better than in Turkey.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Classic Brittany weather this time of year, aka shite conditions.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Eus rider in front with 20s, 10kms to go.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

There's no Ganna here, but it still looks like Van der Tuuk won't make it. Gorka is here though, and he's looking to hit a three pointer.

 

[RedheadDane]

Just noticed that apparently they stapled the road together...

(Well, they've moved past it now.)

 

[Dazed and Confused]

AG2R got it, but it was close.

 

[KZD]

Pierre Gautherat wins.

 

[RedheadDane]

Crossed the line first, but bit sketchy with the closing-off.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Prelim result:

1	Gautherat Pierre	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	125	75	4:06:28
2	Brustenga Marc	Equipo Kern Pharma	85	55	,,
3	Leitão Iúri	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA	70	40	,,
4	Hardouin Louis	Van Rysel Roubaix	60	32	,,
5	Lonardi Giovanni	Team Polti VisitMalta	50	28	,,
6	Venturini Clément	Unibet Rose Rockets	40	24	,,
7	Penhoët Paul	Groupama - FDJ United	35	20	,,
8	Izquierdo Clément	Cofidis	30	18	,,
9	Mainguenaud Tom	Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur	25	16	,,
10	Grisel Matys	Lotto Intermarché	20	14	,,

 

[Samamba]

In a non french race that's a relegation for Gautherat, he doesn't win without that move

 

[Samu Cuenca]

He was called a mix of Bouhanni and Pinot for a reason.

 

[Heston]

Surely thats a DQ for Gautherat

 

[Samamba]

If Kern Pharma doesn't appeal this they are stupid. Same with Van Rysel, could be on the podium